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PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:38 pm    Post subject: Installing NIC - PARISC Machine Reply with quote

Hi there
I'm at this stage of instalation:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2006.1/handbook-hppa.xml?part=1&chap=7

So I get:

(chroot) root@livecd #

I Have this NIC in my server:

http://hwdb.parisc-linux.org:80/view.php?type=padevice&name=UL%20350%20Core%20LAN%20%28802.3%29

Unfortunately it's not working at all.

ifconfig eth0 says: Device not found

Google says that my drivers (Lasi_82596) should be compiled into kernel by default.

lsmod says:

reiserfs
usb_storage

There is no such thing as linux directory in /usr/src - the directory is empty.


I don't know how to procede with installation.

PLease help me make my NIC working.

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PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2007 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I do this:

livecd modules # modprobe lasi_82596

I have this error:

lasi_82596: falsely claims to have parameter debug
FATAL: Error inserting lasi_82596 (/lib/modules/2.6.16.18-pa11-livecd32/kernel/drivers/net/lasi_82596.ko):Invalid argument

Any Ideas what's wrong ?

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PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2007 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2007 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not much help, but I´m using that module on my K260, and loaded it during installation without the error messages yo are seeing.
It was a while since I installed the machine (I think 2006.0) but I have upgraded the kernel multiple times without problems.

Which installcd version are you using?, if it is a newer version then mine I could download it and test it on my machine, if it works here
I guess it it is a hardware related problem, or compatibility problem.
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PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The problem described is an error in some versions of the Linux kernel. The driver works without any problems when being compiled-in, but the module fails to load. Fortunately the module can befixed with the tools on the installcd. The problem has been solved here, where the solution is decsribed as
Code:
xxd /lib/modules/2.6.16.18-pa11-livecd32/kernel/drivers/net/lasi_82596.ko | \
 sed -e 's/0004960: 6465 6275 6700 0000 0000/0004960: 6935 3936 5f64 6562 7567/' | \
 xxd -r > /tmp/lasi_82596.ko.

insmod /tmp/lasi_82596.ko

This should solve the problem (tested on a 5 CPU K370)

Edit: removed a newline from the code to make it less easy to misunderstand


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PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2007 1:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And what is xxd ?
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PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2007 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

xdd does hex dumps from files or converts hex dumps to files, the program should be present on Gentoo installCDs.
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